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Yesterday I joined the Europetition group at their inaugural project kick-off meeting, narrowly missing the deluge of snow. Personally I think this is the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the entire EC funded preparatory action projects. The timing is even better: if the local …

Time for some shameless self-promotion? Well, it’s official – The Consultation Institute and I have teamed-up to deliver what I believe is the first eParticipation training course!! Aimed at public bodies, the course is held over one day and will count towards a recognised …

As of today, PEP-NET and the European eParticipation study have launched a discussion about the future development of eParticipation in Europe.You can find all relevant information on the website. Registration is easy – you can use your Facebook or Google account. http://www.internet-discourse.eu/ Incidentally, the …

This week saw the dawn of a new type of event : European eParticipation Day. Hosted by the EC, the idea was to showcase all twenty-one 2006/7/8 eParticipation projects funded by those nice folk at DG-INFOSOC. Re-visit the event website for the archived web-cast, …

ITC have recently released their baseline report for eParticipation in Scotland. Participants (only 6 from local government) identified 25 eParticipation activities across Scotland and came up with the following general advice:- Benefits Cost effective form of participation -Can be a cost-effective part of consultation …

About a year ago at WMLGA I bumped into Philippe from Sopinspace (‘Society for Public Information Spaces’), a French company specialising in participatory technolgies. At the time Philippe demonstrated a novel way of commenting on documents using colour indexing. Basically, you can add an …

The Co-operative Group is using its chip and PIN pads to conduct customer surveys. Using software from Smart Technology Solutions (STS), it has expanded the functionality of its POS chip and PIN terminals to allow them to gather customer feedback. Sample customers are presented …

The UK Ministry of Justice has recently released it’s third phase report from a number of eParticipation pilots conducted by the various main UK government departments. This included blogs, Wikis and debate mapping tools. Here are the ‘juicy bits’ from the Executive Summary:- faxless …

The Department for Communities and Local Government in the UK has recently released a new white paper on community empowerment. This White Paper sets out concrete proposals for areas where both central and local UK government can devolve more power to citizens – giving …